ROCKVILLE —
South Putnam scored by land and air and smothered the Rockville offense on Friday night en route to a 27-0 non-conference high school football victory.
South Putnam sophomore running back Lucas Lorian rushed for 110 yards and one touchdown, while senior wide receiver Justin Bumgardner pulled down five passes for 126 yards and one touchdown in the Eagles second win of the season.
But the key to the game, on both sides of the football, was South Putnam’s ability to control the line of scrimmage. South Putnam rushed for 148 yards and quarterback Sawyer Arnold completed 7-14 passes for for 147 on offense.
The Eagles’ defense limited Rockville to just 66 yards of total offense. South Putnam’s defense came up with two turnovers, a fumble recovery by Joe Masters and a pass interception by Wes Reiner.
“The reason we can run the ball, catch the ball and throw the ball is because of our big guys up,” South Putnam coach Troy Burgess said.
Rockville coach Herb King agreed, but from a difference perspective.
“Their line dominated the ball game. It wasn’t won because of backs or anything that way. Defensively, I thought we challenged them and did some good things, but our offensive line didn’t block their defensive line at all,” King said.
South Putnam’s defense gave the offense excellent field position throughout the first half, leading to a 13-0 scored in the second quarter.
Rockville’s first two offensive plays of the night went for a negative eight yards with Ryan Chestnut coming up with a big second down tackle for the Eagles.
The Eagles first possession of the night started at the Rockville 37-yard line after a 17-yard punt return by Lorian. Facing a third down and 12, South’s Arnold hooked up with Bumgardner for 13 yards for a first down.
Arnold and Bumgardner teamed up five times for 63 yards and a touchdown in the first half.
Seven plays after Bumgardner’s catch, Brandon Smith scored for South Putnam on a three-yard run.
A quarterback sack by South’s Morgan Grundlock led to a Rockville punt and the Eagles took possession on the Rox 35-yard line. Just seven running plays later, on a fourth down and inches, Lorian scored on a four-yard run. Zane Yon’s point-after-kick made it 13-0 with 6:11 left in the second period.
Rockville tried to catch South off guard, but the Eagles’ Riner intercepted the halfback pass. The Eagles took possession at their own 30-yard line, their worst field position of the half.
On second down, Lorian broke free for a 17 yard run and two plays later Arnold found Bumgardner again, this pass play covering 28 yards. Arnold went back to Bumgardnear again the 20-yard touchdown play and 20-0 halftime lead.
After a scoreless third quarter, South Putnam put together a four-minute drive. Smith, who scored the Eagles’ first touchdown, capped the night when he pulled in a Arnold pass for a 22-yard touchdown.
South Putnam 27, Rockville 0
South Putnam 6 14 0 7 — 27
Rockville 0 0 0 0 — 0
SP — Brandon Smith 3 run (run failed), 6-0, 4:41 1Q.
SP — Lucas Lorian 4 run (Zane Yon kick), 13-0, 6:11 2Q.
SP — Justin Bumgardner 20 pass from Sawyer Arnold (Yon kick), 20-0, :30 2Q.
SP — Smith 22 pass from Arnold (Yon kick), 27-0, 3:04 4Q.
SP R
First downs 15 4
Rushes-yards 45-128 20-37
Passing yards 147 29
Comp-Att-Int 7-14-0 8-11-1
Return yards 39 71
Punts-Avg. 2-34.5 5-38.2
Fumbles-lost 4-0 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-50 4-31
Individual statistics
Rushing — South Putnam: Lorian 27-110, Arnold 7-10, Bunten 3-2, Riner 2-11, Smith 2-7, Bumgardner 2-6, Grundlock 1-2, Wiggs 1-0; Rockville: Knoblett 9-39, Cunningham 4-10, Wilkey 1-7, Lewis 6-(-19).
Passing — South Putnam: Arnold 7-14-0--147; Rockville: Lewis 8-10-0—29; Wilkey 0-1-1--0.
Receiving — South Putnam: Bumgardner 5-126, Smith 1-22, Lorian 1-(-1); Rockville: Cunningham 4-17, Thurman 2-12, Knoblett 1-4, Bassett 1-(-4).
Next — On Friday, South Putnam (2-1, 0-0 in WCC) will host North Putnam and Rockville (1-2, 1-1 in WRC) travels to Attica.
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